Word: krall
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...Diana Krall fans might breathe a sigh of relief. U.S. Marines in Iraq play and sing plenty of music in George Gittoes' documentary Soundtrack to War (2004)-from gore metal to gospel, thrash to rap-but the Canadian songbird's contemporary jazz is not included. "We support you, Diana," says one soldier in the film. "We just can't listen to you when we roll." It's one telling moment in a movie filled with them. Another is the scene where a gospel choir in U.S. Army fatigues breaks off its outdoor rehearsal because of enemy fire: "That...
Sure enough, Bennett, while a warm and enthusiastic paramour, is not a patient one. "You don't get more than three takes," laughs Costello after recording Are You Havin' Any Fun? (and watching his wife Diana Krall record The Best Is Yet to Come) at Bennett's Englewood, N.J., studio. After three takes of Cold, Cold Heart, the Hank Williams song Bennett took to No. 1 in 1951, producer Phil Ramone asks Tim McGraw, "You want one more?" McGraw, who can't stop confessing his nerves, says, "I want 20 more." Bennett looks momentarily ill. "If Tim wants...
...restaurant - that's accessible only from a two-lane highway. But the eBay buyer vanished after discovering during a visit that the spot 260 miles north of San Francisco was teaming with abandoned shacks, garbage and decrepit buildings. After a succession of spooked online buyers also backed away, Bruce Krall, a commercial mortgage banker from the southern California enclave of Laguna Hills, paid a real estate agent $700,000 for it, with the intent of one day living there and making it an educational institute, vacation spot and retreat center, akin to Esalen in Big Sur. But because "personal family...
...Krall says he has spent "several" hundred thousand dollars making improvements, including designing a new septic system, renovating some of the dilapidated housing stock, trashing the shacks and cleaning up the debris and weeds. He also says he obtained a permit for resort development along the river that borders the town, which he says the new owner will be able to use. "It's a wonderful place,' says Krall. "I don't think I'll have trouble selling...
...locals aren't so sure. County officials say any landowner attempting to develop the remote area will have difficulty because of the limited infrastructure and public services. While Krall's improvements have helped, Robyn Samuelson, who was born and raised there, notes, "It's in the middle of nowhere and the nearest city is 45 minutes away." And one more note of caution for any potential bidder: even Samuelson is planning to move soon...